2,4-Oxazolidinedione Explained

2,4-Oxazolidinedione is an organic compound with the formula HN(CO)₂OCH₂. It is a white solid. The parent ring is not particularly important, but this core structure is found in a variety anticonvulsant drugs. The parent compound is obtained by treating chloroacetamide with bicarbonate.^[1]

See also

• Glycine N-carboxyanhydride, the parent 2,5-oxazolidinedione

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/S0040-4020(98)01025-4. Tetraethylammonium hydrogen carbonate in organic synthesis: Synthesis of oxazolidine-2,4-diones . 1999 . Cesa . Stefania . Mucciante . Vittoria . Rossi . Leucio . Tetrahedron . 55 . 193–200 .